LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE - STUDY OF THE AMERICAS

The Latin American Studies Conference, “Study of the Americas,” is intended to foster interest, knowledge, and understanding of the very diverse cultures of Latin America. Come and share your area of interest in Latin American art, music, indigenous peoples, literature, economics, politics, history, current issues, and other related topics. Areas of interest include the impact of Latin American cultures in the United States. We welcome papers and panel proposals on any subject relating to the “Study of the Americas.”

GRADUATE STUDENT ROUNDTABLE
This conference prides itself in providing graduate students a forum where they can begin to present their research. Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts on topics relating to Latin America. Papers may be delivered in English or Spanish.

Schedule

Welcome 8:50am Carmen Jany, LAS Coordinator

Tom McGovern, Chair, World Languages and Literatures

Session 1: 8:50-9:50am Session Chair: Teresa Velásquez

Ariana Cano, CSUSB Communication Studies

Creating and Reaffirming Identity: Examining Nosotros Los Pobres and La Familia P. Luche

Ana Teresa DeLoera-Moll, CSUSB

Rarámuri, grupo original de Chihuahua México/Rarámuri, an indigenous group of Chihuahua

Morning Break: 9:50-10:00am

Keynote Speech: 10:00-11:00am Session Chair: Fabián Borges

Gerardo Munck, International Relations and Political Science, USC

Latin America’s Post-Transitional Politics: Problems of and for Democracy in the New Century

Movie Screening: 11:00-12:00noon Session Chair: Carmen Jany

Introduction & Discussion: María Barragan-Arreguin (Undocumented Student Success Center)

DREAMers – A short film by Dick Alweis

Keynote Speech: 12:00-1:00pm Session Chair: Dorothy Chen

Kent Wong, Asian Studies and Director of Labor Center, UCLA

U.S. Immigrant Youth at a Crossroads

Lunch Break: 1:00-2:00pm Acto Latino Performance El cruce de los sueños

Presentation: 2:00-2:15pm Emilio Rodriguez, CISP CSUSB Study-abroad programs

Session 2: 2:15-4:15pm Session Chair: Bibiana Díaz

Erendira Torres, CSUSB Communication Studies

Sexualizing and victim-blaming girls: An analysis of teaching sexuality to girls in Mexico and the United States

Benjamin Schultz, History, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Neozapatismo as History and Influence

José L. Collazo Jr., Sociology, Cal Poly Pomona and CSUSB

Return Migration to “¿México Lindo y Querido?”: The Role of U.S. Destination and Immigration Enforcement

Julián Acuña, CSUSB Anthropology

Early Formative Period Exchange, Crafting, and Subsistence: An analysis of La Consentida’s chipped stone assemblage

Afternoon Break: 4:15-4:30pm

Session 3: 4:30-6:00pm Session Chair: Carmen Jany

Spanish MA Graduate Student Roundtable (Session in Spanish)

Lisbeth Rosales, Spanish, CSUSB

Maya Chinchilla: la identidad guatemalteca en su poesía

Masiel Corona, Spanish, CSUSB
Santa Teresa de Jesús y Margarita Michelena: poesía ontológica

José Fernández, Spanish CSUSB

Hacia la parodia de algunos rasgos del español arcaico a través de la voz de don Quijote

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE - STUDY OF THE AMERICAS

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE - STUDY OF THE AMERICAS

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